Wheldon's Strong Run Ends After Early Kansas Crash

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                                                            For Immediate Release

            Wheldon’s Strong Run Ends After Early Kansas Crash

       KANSAS CITY, Kan. (July 6, 2003) — Klein Tools/Jim Beam driver Dan
Wheldon looked to be on the way to his best-ever Indy Racing League (IRL)
IndyCar™ Series finish Sunday at Kansas Speedway when a hard crash ended
his day on lap 56 and left him with a 21st place finish.
       Wheldon started 13th in Sunday’s Kansas Indy 300 field, but wasted no
time pushing the #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone into the top
10. With just a quarter of the 200-lap race in the books, Wheldon was stalking his
teammate Tony Kanaan for a spot in the top five when things changed for the
worse. Wheldon and Felipe Giaffone made contact in turn two on the 56th circuit,
forcing both cars into the outside retaining wall. Wheldon was uninjured in the
incident, but his machine sustained heavy damage, thus ending his day.
       Wheldon’s Andretti Green Racing teammate Bryan Herta went on to win
Sunday’s race in what turned out to be a fuel mileage battle between the front-
runners. Team Penske teammates Helio Castroneves and Gil de Ferran finished
second and third, respectively, while Kanaan ended the day in fourth.
       The IRL IndyCar Series resumes on July 19 at Nashville Superspeedway
with the running of the Nashville Indy 200.

Dan Wheldon, #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone:
       "Our Klein Tools/Jim Beam car was strong and I had just finished trying to
go around my teammate Tony Kanaan and was just trying to tuck in behind him
and start working on him again.  I think Felipe tried to dive in at the last minute
and I was committed to coming down.  I was committed to getting back into line
because it was like a train out there and he had obviously looked to the inside
and we touched."

                                       Race
                      Start                13th
                      Finish               21st
                      Laps Led             0

Tony Cotman, Team Manager, Klein Tools/Jim Beam:
       "We had an awesome car and Dan was doing a hell of job.  They are
running very tight out there and we got to together with the #21 car.  Dan should
be very proud of how he was doing, he set the car up and he needs to take what
he learned from here and apply to the rest of the races."

                                      -AGR-

Contact:
Tom McGovern, tom.mcgovern@andrettigreenracing.com
Carol Wilkins, (317) 872-2700 ext. 241, cwilkins@andrettigreenracing.com